Joseph Dalto

Universal Technical Institute, Inc. announced Joseph Dalto as Campus president of its new Concorde Career Colleges healthcare campus in Atlanta, scheduled to open in summer 2027. Dalto brings over 20 years of senior leadership experience in higher education, finance and operations with a proven history of building high-performing institutions. Before joining Concorde, he served as vice president of Finance and Operations at OIC of South Florida. He holds a Master of Business Administration from Tulane University-Freeman School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from The University of Southern Mississippi.

Marvin Krislov
Bard College has named Marvin Krislov the College’s 16th president, effective July 1, 2027. Krislov comes to Bard from Pace University, where he has served as president since 2017. He began his career in public service, practicing law in the US Department of Justice, Office of Counsel to the President under President Bill Clinton, and US Department of Labor, before becoming vice president and General Counsel at the University of Michigan from 1998 to 2007. From 2007 to 2017, he was president of Oberlin College. He received his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1988. A Rhodes Scholar, he studied modern history at Oxford University and earned a master’s and a second bachelor’s degree. He graduated summa cum laude from Yale College with a B.A. in economics and political science.

Chris Heavey
Dr. Chris Heavey was appointed as the 12th permanent president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), effective October 16, 2026. He previously served as the university's interim president since April 2025. A tenured professor of psychology, Dr. Heavey brings more than three decades of experience at UNLV, including five years as executive vice president and provost, as well as roles as senior vice provost, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and vice provost for undergraduate education. He earned his master's degree and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Robert Ahdieh
Robert “Bobby” Ahdieh has been appointed Pace University´s ninth, effective January 1, 2027. Ahdieh joins Pace from Texas A&M University, where he has served in multiple senior academic leadership roles. He began his career as a law clerk to Judge James R. Browning of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, then served as a trial attorney in the Civil Division of the US Department of Justice. He spent nearly two decades at Emory University School of Law, where he held roles as professor, associate dean of faculty, and vice dean.Ahdieh graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs and earned his JD from Yale Law School.